[TowerTalk] Thrust Bearing Maintenance

[ersmar@comcast.net]

Jim:

     I use marine grease to lube my bearing at the top of my tower.  I
bought a kit of three tubes of the reddish-colored stuff at a boat/marine
store when I put up my tower in 2001 and still have two left.  But mind
you - the stuff does NOT wash off!  It is, after all, water-repellent.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Plummer" <k8ary at yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 7:36 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Thrust Bearing Maintenance


> I recently took down my tower to relocate to another QTH.   The thrust
bearing was a bit sluggish.  Upon disassembling, I found the roller bearings
on the base mounting side to be a bit rusty and entire inside of the
assembly dirty.  I cleaned the bearings and bearing races and reassembled.
This greatly improved the smoothness when turning.  I would like to replace
the rusty bearings.  Does anyone have a source?  Also, my instincts dictate
that this assembly should be lubricated.  What is the proper lubricant for
this type of bearing?
>
> de Jim - K8ARY
>
>
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